Bottle.



M. E. DBVARNBY.

BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED IBB.9,1914.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914 7. msmw @Mnnern "HE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHU. WASHINGTON. D. C.

MITCHEL E. DEVARNEY, F Sl. ALIBAITS, VERMONT..

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 4, 1914.

Application filed February 9, 1914. i Serial No. 817,528.

To all whom it may] concern.'

Be it known that I, Mrrcrinn E. Davan- NEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention has for its object to pro vide a novel and improved closure for bottles designed to prevent fraudulent relilling thereof. A device is provided which, after the bottle is uncorked, prevents the same from being refilled without that fact being apparent. The bottle is closed by an ordinary cork or other stopper, which, when once displaced from its seat, is prevented from being replaced. Thus, a stopper cannot be applied to the bottle after the original stopper has been unseated, and a pur Chaser receiving a bottle having its stopper unseated, knows at once that the bottle has been emptied of its original contents and refilled. l

rIhe herein stated object is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the bottle; Fig.` 2 is a vertical section of the bottom portion of the bottle taken at a right angle to the plane of the section shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the bottle.

Referring specifically to the drawing,` denotes the body of the bottle, the same having a neck at each end, the top neck being indicated at 11, and the bottom neck at 12. The two necks are in alinement. The inner end of the neck 11 is tapered in order that an ordinary cork or other stopper 13 may be tightly wedged thereinto. An internal shoulder 14 at the junction of the n eck 11 with the bottle body 10 prevents the stopper 13 from being pushed into the latter. The length of the neck 11 is such that there is suitlicient room above the stopper 13 to accommodate a guard comprising a body portion l5 having heads or enlargements 16 and 17, respectively, at its ends. In the neck 11, near the mouth thereof, is an annular shoulder 18 which is engageable by spring fingers or catches 19 carried by and projecting outward and upward from the guard body 15. IVhen the guard is in posi tion, the head 16 engages the top of the shoulder 18, and thciingers 19 the under side thereof, whereby the guard is prevent ed from being removed from the bottle neck, and as it is located above the stopper' 13, the latter can not be removed. The position of the shoulder 18 is such that the guard can not be pushed into thc neck a suilicieut distance to reach the stopper. The diameter of the head 17 is such that it may pass the shoulder 1S.

The bottom neck 12 has a contracted inner end 20 forming a seat for a stopper 2l, and the outer end of said neck is flared to provide a wide base 22 on which the bottle may be supported in upright position. Inthat portion of the neck l2, between the seat 20 and the base 22, is slidably mounted a stopperdisplaccr comprising a stem 23 having heads or enlargements `24 and 25, respec; tively, at its ends. The diameter of the head 2l is such that it may enter the corr tracted neck portion in which the stopper 21 seats, and the head 25 lits snugly in the wide portion of the neck. Theneck 12, below the stopper seat 20, has two spaced annular shoulders 26 and 27,1'espectivcly, and the stem 23 carries spring lingers 28 similar to the fingers 19.

Insidethe flared base 22 of the neck 12, on opposite sides of the mouth of the lat-` ter, are two transverse ribs 29 which extend convergingly to the edge thereof and serve as pouring spouts.

The parts herein described are mounted in place as follows: The stopper-displacer 23 is inserted into the neck 12 from the bottom andpushed inward until the spring fingers 28 snap behind the first shoulder 26, whereby the displacer is locked against removal. The stopper 21 is now inserted through the neck 11 and seated, which can readily be done by using a small rod or stick having a sharp point-to carry the stopper. The bottle will now be filled, after which the st0pper 13 is applied, and then the guard 15.

To pour out the contents of the bottle, the displacer 23 is pushed inward against the stopper 21 until the latter is unseated and pushed into the bottle body 10, and the spring lingers snap behind the shoulder 27. The `liquid can now be poured out of thc bottle. The heads 24 and 25 have diametrically opposite longitudinal grooves 30 to permit the liquid to pass the same. The

ribs 29 conduct the liquid to either side or'.

the neck base E22 according to the direction in which the bottle is held tilted. n that portion of the neck l2 between the shoulder 2G and the base 22 are diametrically opposite longitudinal ribs 3l to accommodate the grooves 30 of the head 25, the Width of said grooves being such that the liquid can pass therethrough.

Fig. l shows in dotted lines the position of the parts when the bottle is to be emptied of its contents. lt will be noted that the spring ingers 28 prevent the displacer 23 from being retracted, and as the stopper 13 is not accessible, in View of the guard 15, the bottle cannot be re-corked. Of course, there is nothing to prevent refilling of the bottle, but this fact Will at once be apparent to the purchaser by reason of the position of the stopper 21.

l claim:

l. A bottle having a neck, the outer end of which is flared to form a supporting base for the bottle, said flared portion having internal transverse ribs on opposite sides of the mouth of the neck and extending to the edgel of the base, and forming pouring spouts, a stopper and a stopper-displacer in said neck, and means for locking the displacer against Withdrawal from the neck.

2. A bottle having a neck at each end, stoppers seating in each neck, a guard for one of the stoppers to prevent unseating thereof, a displacer for the other stopper mounted in the neck in which said stopper seats, and means for locking the displacer against Withdrawal from the neck.

A bottle having a neck at each end, one of said necks having an internal shoulder, a stopper seating in each neck, a guard for the stopper Which seats in the shouldered neck, said guard comprising a member having a headat its outer end seating on the corresponding side of the shoulder and having catches engaging the other side of the shoulder, a displacer for the other stopper mounted in the neck in which said stopper seats', and means for locking the displacer against Withdrawal from the neck.

4. A bottle having a neck provided With spaced internal annular shoulders and a seat for a stopper, and astopper-displacer mounted in the neck and having catches successively engageable With the shoulders to prevent its `Withdrawal from the neck, said shoulders being located different distances from thestopper seat.-

5. A bottle having a neck provided With a contracted inner portion forming a stopper seat, a stopper-displacer mounted in the outer portion of the neck and having a head adapted to enter the stopper seat, said head having side grooves forming liquid passages, and means for preventing Withdrawal of the displacer from the neck.

in testimony whereof I aiiiX'my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

MITCHEL E. DEVARNEY.

Witnesses HIRAM l?. DEI, OSCAR FLOYD BERIUS'.

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